“Kennedy Era Notables" Hand Signed (X5) FDC Dated 1964 JG Autographs COA

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“Kennedy Era Notables" Hand Signed First Day Cover Dated 1964. Signers are: Pierre Salinger, Tip O'Neal, Drew Lewis, Ted Turner and Donald Hall Sr.
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ES-1809
Pierre Emil George Salinger
(June 14, 1925 – October 16, 2004) was an American journalist, author and politician. He had served as the seventh
White House Press Secretary
for
United States Presidents
John F. Kennedy
and
Lyndon B. Johnson
. Salinger served as a
United States Senator
in 1964 and as
campaign manager
for the 1968
Robert F. Kennedy presidential campaign
. After leaving politics, Salinger became known for his work as an
ABC News
correspondent, particularly for his coverage of the
Iran Hostage Crisis
; the bombing of
Pan Am Flight 103
over
Lockerbie
,
Scotland
; and his claims of a missile being the cause of the explosion of
TWA Flight 800
.
Thomas Phillip
"
Tip
"
O'Neill Jr.
(December 9, 1912  – January 5, 1994) was an American politician who served as the
47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
from 1977 to 1987, representing northern
Boston, Massachusetts
, as a
Democrat
from 1953 to 1987. The only Speaker to serve for five complete consecutive Congresses, he is the third longest-serving Speaker in
American history
after
Sam Rayburn
and
Henry Clay
in terms of total tenure and longest-serving in terms of continuous tenure (Rayburn and Clay served multiple terms in the Speakership). Born in
North Cambridge, Massachusetts
, O'Neill began campaigning at a young age, volunteering for
Al Smith
's campaign in the
1928 presidential election
. After graduating from
Boston College
, O'Neill won election to the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
, where he became a strong advocate of
Franklin D. Roosevelt
's
New Deal
policies. He became Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1949 and won election to the United States House of Representatives in 1952 to the seat vacated by
John F. Kennedy
. In the House, O'Neill became a protege of fellow Massachusetts Representative
John William McCormack
. O'Neill broke with President
Lyndon B. Johnson
on the
Vietnam War
in 1967 and called for
Richard Nixon
's resignation in light of the
Watergate scandal
. He quickly moved up the leadership ranks in the 1970s, becoming House Majority Whip in 1971, House Majority Leader in 1973, and Speaker of the House in 1977. With the election of President
Jimmy Carter
, O'Neill hoped to establish a
universal health care system
and a guaranteed jobs program. However, relations between Carter and Congress collapsed, and the Democrats lost control of the presidency in the
1980 presidential election
. O'Neill became a leading opponent of
Republican
President
Ronald Reagan
's conservative domestic policies. O'Neill and Reagan found more common ground in foreign policy, fostering the
Anglo-Irish Agreement
and implementing the
Reagan Doctrine
(despite considerable opposition to Reagan's support for the
Contras in Nicaragua
) in the
Soviet–Afghan War
.
Andrew Lindsay Lewis Jr.
(November 3, 1931 – February 10, 2016), generally known as Drew Lewis, was an American businessman and politician from the state of
Pennsylvania
. He was
United States Secretary of Transportation
in the first portion of the administration of
U.S. President
Ronald W. Reagan
, and is best known for presiding over the firing of the striking U.S. air traffic controllers in 1981.
Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III
(born November 19, 1938) is an American
media proprietor
, producer, and
philanthropist
. As a businessman, he is known as founder of the
Cable News Network
(CNN), the first 24-hour
cable news
channel. In addition, he founded
WTBS
, which pioneered the
superstation
concept in
cable television
, which later became
TBS
. As a philanthropist, he is known for his billion gift to support the
United Nations
, which created the
United Nations Foundation
, a public charity to broaden U.S. support for the UN. Turner serves as
Chairman
of the United Nations Foundation
board of directors
.
[2]
Additionally, in 2001, Turner co-founded the
Nuclear Threat Initiative
with US Senator
Sam Nunn
(D-GA). NTI is a non-partisan organization dedicated to reducing global reliance on, and preventing the proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. He currently serves as Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors. Turner's media empire began with his father's
billboard
business, Turner Outdoor Advertising, which he took over in 1963 after his father's suicide.
[3]
It was worth million. His purchase of an
Atlanta
UHF
station in 1970 began the
Turner Broadcasting System
. CNN revolutionized news media, covering the
Space Shuttle
Challenger
disaster
in 1986 and the
Persian Gulf War
in 1991. Turner turned the
Atlanta Braves
baseball team into a nationally popular franchise and launched the charitable
Goodwill Games
. He helped revive interest in
professional wrestling
by buying
World Championship Wrestling
(WCW).
Donald Joyce Hall
(born July 9, 1928) is an American
billionaire
businessman, and the chairman and majority shareholder of
Hallmark Cards
, the world's largest greeting card manufacturer and one of the world's largest privately held companies. Hallmark's headquarters is in
Kansas City, Missouri
.